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Engie Looking for More US Clean Energy Acquisitions: North America CEO

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where the company plans to ramp up its investments into grid-scale batteries, hybrid renewables projects and offshore wind, says North America chief Gwenaelle Avice-Huet. ” said Avice-Huet, who moved from France to Texas a year ago to oversee Engie’s 6,300-person North America division. ” No new U.S.

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric Microbus for North America appears, at last

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The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz electric minivan has been coming to North America for a long, long time. The concept for an all-EV reboot of the classic Type 2 Microbus appeared in 2016 and was confirmed for production in August 2017. built Atlas 3-row SUV, a vehicle large enough that North America will be its single largest market.

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How effective stakeholder engagement shaped Samsonite’s ESG strategy

GreenBiz

Samsonite first disclosed the state of its environmental, social and governance (ESG) journey with the publication of its first ESG report in 2016, a requirement for the company’s listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Critical to our success was engaging a wide-ranging group of internal stakeholders and subject matter experts.

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The U.S. Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20

GreenBiz

"We can start to address the plastic waste issue by taking fast and transformative action at every point in the plastic cycle," said Viviana Alvarez, head of sustainability, North America, at Unilever, in a statement. A history of the Global Plastics Pact.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. Sara Bogdan (formerly Lindenfeld) (2016). My focus at work has been providing tools, trainings and resources for all of Unilever’s employees in North America, focusing primarily on parents, women and our POC talent.

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10 largest wind farm projects completed in the U.S. so far in 2021

Renewable Energy World

Aurora Wind Project - Williams, North Dakota. Enel Green Power North America developed, and now owns and operates, the 299 MW, 71-turbine Aurora Wind Project in Williams, North Dakota. Courtesy: Enel Green Power North America). The total project can generate approximately 1.3 Courtesy: EDF Renewables).

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Lion Electric to deploy 35 electric school buses on Prince Edward Island

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Lion has delivered over 390 heavy-duty EVs in North America, and they have driven over 11 million kilometers since 2016. All of Lion’s vehicles are purpose-built for electric propulsion, and are manufactured in its North American facility, which has the capacity to produce up to 2,500 vehicles per year.